If you mean the band, it was formed in 1983.
Bon Jovi consists of lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, pianist and keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, lead guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald.
After ushering in the era of pop-metal with their 1986 blockbuster Slippery When Wet and its hit singles You Give Love a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, and Living on a Prayer, Bon Jovi wound up transcending the big-haired '80s, withstanding changes in style and sound to become one of the biggest American rock bands of their time -- selling over 120 million albums worldwide and sustaining their popularity well into the new millennium. As the times changed, so did the band's sound.
They slowly peeled away the arena rock guitars of the '80s, occasionally scoring on the adult contemporary charts and sometimes singing country music without ever rejecting hard rock, a move that illustrated how they never abandoned their roots and became second only to Bruce Springsteen in defining the sound and spirit of New Jersey rock & roll.
Bon Jovi will showcase their upcoming LP This House Is Not for Sale on a winter trek that kicks off February 2017.
This House Is Not for Sale Tour, the band's first full-scale jaunt since 2013's Because We Can World Tour, packs 20 dates into six weeks, kicking off February 8th in Greenville, South Carolina and circling the U.S. before concluding March 22nd in Indianapolis. Read more at RollingStone.com.